Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2020-08-04

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Aug 4
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
285 head
71 vs last sale 356 22 vs year ago 263 · +8.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday steers were 2.5 higher, heifers 7.25 higher. Moderate offerings were met with good demand. Trade active.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,12098.751,1061thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,195107.121,28096
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,27695.861,22324
HeifersSelectAverage1,27589.151,1373thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,317109.351,440108
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,299101.471,31844
SteersSelectAverage1,13293.431,0583thin

Every lot, as filed

13 lots · USDA AMS · Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,279102.46/cwt100.00–105.001,31040
SteersSelect and Choice1,50291.58/cwt88.50–95.001,3764
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,13293.43/cwt89.00–96.001,0583
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,230114.50/cwt106.00–117.001,40863
SteersChoice1,439102.13/cwt98.00–103.251,47045
Dairy HeifersChoice1,12098.75/cwt98.75–98.751,1061
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,71779.54/cwt78.50–80.001,3663
HeifersSelect and Choice1,31285.33/cwt83.00–90.001,1203
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,27589.15/cwt85.00–94.001,1373
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,024113.40/cwt110.50–117.001,16123
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,72093.94/cwt91.00–97.001,6162
HeifersChoice1,235105.46/cwt99.00–110.251,30271
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,196100.34/cwt95.50–104.001,20018

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.